Family dinners. Christmas shopping. Church gatherings. Christmas caroling. Winter sports. Decorating the Christmas tree. Co-op Parties. Gift Exchanges. Work Parties. The list could go on and on. The holidays are such an amazing time of year, yet if we’re not careful, they’ll do more harm than good. Who wants a mom who is stressed tokeep reading…
When There’s No Money for Christmas
Layers of white snow blanketing the ground. Gorgeous bulbs lighting up the brisk black of night. The smell of hot cocoa near a cackling wood fire. Stockings hung perfectly imperfect next to the towering green tree. Christmas is the most beautiful time of year. Except for when it’s not. With hectic schedules, extra expenses, rude customerskeep reading…
10 Easy Ways to Turn a Gift-Free Christmas into the BEST. DAY. EVER.
A gift-free Christmas? Just what kind of parent am I? As I mentioned in this post, we decided to have a complete Christmas overhaul this year, in order to focus on contentment. We didn’t have any presents under the tree and only a few small items in our stockings. And can I just take a seckeep reading…
Why We’re Having a Gift-Less Christmas
A gift-less Christmas? We must be crazy! In years past, Christmas morning was consumed by an overwhelming amount of gifts, wrapping paper, beeping toys and greedily rushing through the stack of presents. That’s how we celebrated: by buying each other “stuff.” This year, my goal is to teach my children about one little word: contentment. Such akeep reading…
